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Small manufacturing firms want more from Obama

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:46:09 +0000

A new Obama administration push to strengthen U.S. manufacturing has the support of smaller firms, but it might not be decent to stir many into action.

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Small biz scores huge Angry Birds deal

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:27:58 +0000

A small Seattle-based company hit it big after snagging the first-ever license to prepare Angry Birds baby products.

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Kauffman Foundation Super Bowl ad calls on entrepreneurs

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:22:08 +0000

Not many folks know the Kauffman Foundation, but after that Sunday a lot more will have an concept.

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Small biz loan demand up, Federal Reserve says

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:05:12 +0000

A growing portion of the nation’s banks saw a spike in demand for loans to smaller firms late last year, according to the latest Federal Reserve figures.

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Revive Made in USA? Easier said than done

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:41:16 +0000

President Obama wants companies to manufacture their products in the United States, but small business owners say that’s about as easy as walking a minefield.

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Men’s underwear leaves the Stone Age

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:27:51 +0000

FORTUNE — The days of over-sized jeans sagging from the derrieres of men everywhere are no more. Skinny jeans, tailored pants, and fitted oxfords are de rigeur, leaving little room for excess fabric in the undergarment office. Boxers or briefs used to be the only question men needed to ask themselves, but today, the options have grown. Five years ago, Tom Patterson was a medical-device sales rep by day and an avid-viewer of CNBC’s The Big notion with Donny Deutsch by night. “All of the featured products or services … were created out of personal frustration,” recalls Patterson. “I found myself constantly looking around, asking, ‘What can I compose better?’” During the financial crisis, Patterson was laid off from a sales job he held for six years. During his down duration, he realized that one of the biggest fashion annoyances he faced while he was working was a fabric intestine […]

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$34,000 in debt, wants to start a business

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:41:58 +0000

Michele Heyward has a big heart. When friends or family struggle financially, she is always there to help with a mortgage or car payment or clothes for the kids. Recently she has been spending more than $1,800 a month on others.

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Chinese New Year makes U.S. biz uneasy

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:22:17 +0000

As China celebrates the New Year by ushering in the Year of the Dragon, U.S. small companies with exposure to the country are doing more hand-wringing than rejoicing.

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Behind an expat’s wine startup success

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:33:19 +0000

FORTUNE — Language and cultural differences invent it hard to be an expat entrepreneur under any circumstances. It’s doubly hard whether the main market for your product plunges into a wrenching economic crisis. And it’s even more difficult whether your costs are in a country that suffers incredibly high inflation. That’s the position in which Michael Evans has found himself during the last few years. The Mendoza, Argentina-company he co-founded, Vines of Mendoza, was selling turn-key “vineyard estates” largely to Americans, whose disposable income evaporated following the 2008 break down of Lehman Brothers and financial crisis. Even worse, as Evans’ buyers were disappearing, his costs were rising; Argentina’s already high inflation shot past 20% in 2010 and stayed there. Evans knew something would have to be done fast. “I’ve been through something like that before in 2000, when I was at a dot-com. When something like that happens, you don’t […]

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Furniture maker lands coveted spot at State of the Union

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:25:35 +0000

Bruce Cochrane relaunched his family’s furniture company in Lincolnton, N.C., last year, considering he wanted to create jobs for Americans instead of setting up shop in China to take advantage of the cheaper labor.

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Doctors living on loans

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:46:50 +0000

Government-backed loans to doctors have surged more than 10-fold in the past decade, a trend industry insiders say is a red flag that doctors in America are in financial distress.

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Behind a Newark business success: Find unwanted customers

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:54:55 +0000

FORTUNE — Diego Cobo was trying hard not to cry when he returned to his family in the waiting area at the dentist’s office. The three-year-old just had just had a cavity filled, and it hurt. “Maybe you shouldn’t eat so many candies,” his mom said to him. Diego thought for a minute, soon after pointed to the teeth on the side of his mouth that wasn’t numb with Novocaine, and said, “Maybe I can eat candies with these teeth?” whether Diego is like the majority of patients at Newark, N.J.-based Dental Kidz, he will be back soon suitable with more cavities. Dental Kidz targets patients on Medicaid and other subsidized health care. The practice is jointly owned by husband-and-wife team Chris and Lezli Harvell — he handles everything outside of the clinic, and she’s a dentist.

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Obama’s Keystone pipeline nix worries small business

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:46:12 +0000

The hopes of some small business owners in the Nebraskan towns of Fairbury and Steele City were crushed when the Obama administration rejected a proposed expansion of the Keystone oil sands pipeline.

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Wal-Mart launches “American Idol”-like contest

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:32:33 +0000

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, has launched an “American Idol”-like contest to find the best new products.

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Jessica Alba’s latest role: business owner

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:25:08 +0000

Actress Jessica Alba is adding a new role to her list of credits, and that’s entrepreneur.

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